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B. GOODMAN.

TROUSERS. No. 387,351. Patented Aug. 7, 18188.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD GOODMAN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TROUSERS.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,351, dated August 7, 1888.

Application filed February 20, 1888. Serial No. 264,576. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pantaloons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to simplify the manufacture, reduce the cost, improve the appearance of the garment, and at the same time render it more comfortable to the wearer; and the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a pair of pantaloons embodying my inven tion. Fig. 2 is a side view of the upper part of the same, a portion of the material being turned back to show the shape and arrange ment of the parts. Fig. 3 is a detailed View of one form of side piece, and Figs. 4 and 5 are details showing the shape of the upper portions of the fore and back parts or pieces.

A represents the fore piece, and B the back piece of a pair of pantaloons. The back piece instead of extending upwardly upon the line of the side seam to the waistband, extends only to the upper line of the hip pocket, but is preferably provided with a projection, 1), extending to the top of the garment in the rear of the hip-pocket.

O represents a piece of material extending rearwardly from the opening in front, usually called the fiy,to a point in the rear ofthe hip-pocket, or of the position usually occu pied by the hip-pocket, and downwardly from the top of the garment to the pockets. The upper edge of this piece preferably serves in place of the waistband.

The rear ends of the side pieces are preferably narrowed to form the buckle-strap 0, and the lower edges are preferably cut with extensions 0 c, which serve as facings for the pockets. These extensions may be extended,

-. as shown in Fig. 3, to form the inner walls,0

and 0*, of the pockets. This construction is particularly desirable in overalls, or goods of that grade, in which it has been customary to form the outer walls of the pockets by stitching a piece upon the outside of the material. The side pieces as thus constructed will in clude the waistband, the pocket-facings, and the buckle-straps, and dispense with the V usually cut from the back-piece in pantaloons as ordinarily manufactured.

It will be seen that by use of my invention the upper portion of a garment can be made to fit waists of stout, thin, or regularforms by simply varying the shape of the side pieces. A large number of seams about the hips and waist is dispensed with, rendering the goods much more comfortable to the wearer and more finished and graceful in appearance, and at the same time effecting a very considerable saving in goods and labor. In cutting pantaloons by the old methods sufficient width must be allowed in the back piece to permit cutting out the V and to compensate for the material taken up by the seams and yet secure the required waist-measurement. Drawing the goods together where the V is removed shortens the seat and causes fullness between the buckle-straps. This is avoided by the use of side pieces of the kind described. The garmenls adapt themselves to the movements of the wearer much more readily than when stiffened by numerous seams; the pockets do not sag, and the wearer experiences no drawing in the crotch, around the hips, or upon any part of the body.

Pants cut in accordance with my invention practically dispense with the necessity of using suspenders.

I claim as my invention 1. A pair of pantaloons having side pieces extending rearward from the opening in front to a point in the rear of the hip-pockets and downward to the pocket-openings, and having extensions to serve as the inner walls of the pockets, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A pair of pantaloons comprising fore pieces, A, back pieces, 13, and side pieces, 0, forming the waistband and the body of the garment rearward from the opening in front and downward to the hip-pockets, and having extensions 0, substantially as specified.

BERNARD GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES N. RAMSEY, I FRANK O. LOVELAND. 

